§1418. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms
have the following meanings. [1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).]

1.Blind person.
"Blind person" means a person having not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in
the better eye after correction or an equally disabling loss of the visual field so
that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20
degrees.

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1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW)
.]

2.Director.
"Director" means the Director of the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

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1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW)
.]

3.Division.
"Division" means the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired in the department.

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1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW)
.]

4.Jurisdiction.
"Jurisdiction" means the control of the maintenance, operation and protection of
public buildings and property of the State or of a county or a municipality.

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1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW)
.]

5.Licensing agency.
"Licensing agency" means the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired, which
is the state agency designated by the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the
United States Department of Education to issue licenses to blind persons for the operation
of vending facilities.

7.Public building or property.
"Public building or property" means a building or land owned, leased or occupied
by a department, agency or authority of the State or a county or a municipality of
the State.

[
1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW)
.]

8.Vending facility.
"Vending facility" means a restaurant, a cafeteria, including the cafeteria located
in the State Office Building in Augusta, a snack bar, a vending machine for food and
beverages and goods and services customarily offered in connection with a restaurant,
a cafeteria, a snack bar or a vending machine.

[
1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW)
.]

SECTION HISTORY

1995, c. 560, §F13 (NEW).

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